Friday 5th October

Went for a fish at dawn down Tengawai.  Went in at Mazes Road and walked up.  Came across a 1lb Brown in a gin clear backwater.  He didn't see me so I spent a half hour, without success, trying to intercept him on his beat.  Tried a nymph, a water boatman and a streamer before he disappeared. (I am sure he didn't see me; rain was approaching or perhaps he needed to do other trout stuff). Saw nothing else.  Thread-lined on the way home. Very frustrating hard to control line in narrow river.  Found out later that thread-lining is not allowed in the Tengawai.  Whoops!